Cobain, Krist Novoselic (bass) and Dave Grohl (drums) were faced with the difficult question, “How do you follow up an era-defining album?” Working with Steve Albini

Regardless, the success was huge and Nevermind spent 302 weeks in the UK’s top 100, eventually becoming one of the most streamed albums ever on Spotify and wrenching alternative rock from the underground to the mainstream-this led to a major label feeding frenzy of grunge rock and alternative rock. 'Cobain, Novoselic and Grohl were faced with the difficult question, 'How do you follow up an era-defining album?'' If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it. Looking back in an interview with Rolling Stone in 1993, Cobain admitted, “I didn’t know how to deal with success. The commercial success of Nevermind, and especially the massive single and MTV hit (with its iconic video) 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'-called “the perfect encapsulation of Generation X angst and ennui” by the BBC -was never something that sat well with them. They loathed it, in fact, particularly Kurt Cobain. Nirvana were never a rock band who enjoyed their massive success.

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